Liquid ocean found on Saturn's moon

A vast ocean of water could be lurking under the thick ice of one of Saturn’s moons, according to the findings published by Science magazine on Thursday. A sea up to 10 kilometres deep lies beneath 40 kilometres of ice at the south pole of...

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By: Staff, SPACE.com Published: 03/29/2013 12:22 PM EDT on SPACE.com The dazzling rings of Saturn and its moons are likely more than 4 billion years old — the cosmic remnants of the solar system's birth, scientists say. The finding comes after a new study of observations from NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn, which suggests that the planet's rings and moons formed at...

The dazzling rings of Saturn and its moons are likely more than 4 billion years old — the cosmic remnants of the solar system's birth, scientists say. The finding comes after a new study of observations from NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn, which suggests that the planet's rings and moons formed at the same time as the rest of the solar system's planetary bodies soon...

This article comes from our archive, but we updated it with this video. Saturn is my absolute favorite object in the night sky. When I was a child, I had a dog-eared book on the Solar System, which I read over and over, stopping and staring with wonder at the section on Saturn. How could a planet have rings of ice? What would it be like to fly out and visit the planet, to see...

Washington, March 28 (ANI): A new analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft has suggested that Saturn's moons and rings are gently worn vintage goods from around the time of our solar system's birth. Though they are tinted on the surface from recent "pollution," these bodies date back more than 4 billion years. They are from around the time that the planetary bodies in...

Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): The dazzling rings of Saturn and its moons are likely to be more than 4 billion years old, scientists have claimed. The finding comes after a new study of observations from NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn, which suggests that the planet's rings and moons formed at the same time as the rest of the solar system's planetary bodies soon after the...

This photo of water geysers spouting from Saturn's moon Enceladus was taken by NASA's Cassini orbiter in October 2007 Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA View full size image Steady geysers of water ice on one of Saturn's icy moons appear to erupt more strongly when the moon is farthest from its ringed parent planet, scientists say. The warm vents at the south...

Saturn's Moon Enceladus May Have Warm Enough Water for Life

published:13 Mar 2015

Saturn's Moon Enceladus May Have Warm Enough Water for Life

Saturn's Moon Enceladus May Have Warm Enough Water for Life

published:13 Mar 2015

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In 2004, Cassini, the largest interplanetary spacecraft ever launched by NASA, arrived in orbit around Saturn. Since then, it\'s sent back oodles of information about the planet and some of its attendant moons. Now, thanks to the spacecraft, scientists believe that Saturn\'s moon Enceladus might have never-before-confirmed thermal activity on its ocean floor which could make the conditions right for life.
\"Enceladus may even represent a very common habitat in the galaxy: icy moons around giant gas planets, located well beyond the \'habitable zone\' of a star, but still able to maintain liquid water below their icy surface,\" said Nicolas Altobelli, in a statement. Altobelli is the Cassini project scientist from the European Space Agency.
By studying four years of data from Cassini\'s Cosmic Dust Analyzer, along with lab experiments and computer simulations, researchers found supersmall dust grains in orbit around Saturn that measure 4-16 nanometers in diameter. (To put that in perspective, 1 million nanometers could fit on the head of a pin.)
The dust particles were rich in silicon, which provides a clue the researchers believe points to the hydrothermal activity.
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Saturn's Moon Enceladus May Have Warm Enough Water for Life

published:13 Mar 2015

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In 2004, Cassini, the largest interplanetary spacecraft ever launched by NASA, arrived in orbit around Saturn. Since then, it\'s sent back oodles of information about the planet and some of its attendant moons. Now, thanks to the spacecraft, scientists believe that Saturn\'s moon Enceladus might have never-before-confirmed thermal activity on its ocean floor which could make the conditions right for life.
\"Enceladus may even represent a very common habitat in the galaxy: icy moons around giant gas planets, located well beyond the \'habitable zone\' of a star, but still able to maintain liquid water below their icy surface,\" said Nicolas Altobelli, in a statement. Altobelli is the Cassini project scientist from the European Space Agency.
By studying four years of data from Cassini\'s Cosmic Dust Analyzer, along with lab experiments and computer simulations, researchers found supersmall dust grains in orbit around Saturn that measure 4-16 nanometers in diameter. (To put that in perspective, 1 million nanometers could fit on the head of a pin.)
The dust particles were rich in silicon, which provides a clue the researchers believe points to the hydrothermal activity.
http://www.cnet.com/news/new-research-shows-one-of-saturns-moons-might-have-warm-enough-water-for-life/#ftag=YHF65cbda0...

Water on Enceladus Saturn's moon

Warm Water Spots Found On Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus

published:12 Mar 2015

Warm Water Spots Found On Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus

Warm Water Spots Found On Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus

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Astronomers have detected the first active hydrothermal vents outside of Earth’s seafloor on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, indicating conditions that could be hospitable to the initial development of life.
New research suggests the existence of warm spots on the ocean floor of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus.
They could be the first active hydrothermal vents to be detected outside of Earth’s seafloor, and their conditions may even be similarly hospitable to the initial development of life.
Two studies, one led by the University of Colorado, Boulder and the other by the Southwest Research Institute in Texas, support the possible existence of this hydrothermal activity.
In 2005, the Cassini orbiter captured images of geysers shooting out of the moon’s surface, which led to the discovery of an underground sea believed to be approximately 6 miles deep and under about 25 miles of icy crust.
Scientists discovered particles from the geysers in one of Saturn’s rings and using an instrument onboard Cassini were able to analyze the tiny, uniform dust particles. They found they were rich in silica which is common on Earth but different from the usual ice crystals found in Saturn’s E-ring.
Because silica has such well-known properties, the only way they could create similar particles in the lab was using slightly alkaline, low-in-salinity water at temperatures of at least 194 degrees Fahrenheit.
Despite the ultra-cold environment, the moon’s high core temperature is thought to come from an effect called tidal heating where Saturn’s gravitational pull on the moon generates he...

Warm Water Spots Found On Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus

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Astronomers have detected the first active hydrothermal vents outside of Earth’s seafloor on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, indicating conditions that could be hospitable to the initial development of life.
New research suggests the existence of warm spots on the ocean floor of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus.
They could be the first active hydrothermal vents to be detected outside of Earth’s seafloor, and their conditions may even be similarly hospitable to the initial development of life.
Two studies, one led by the University of Colorado, Boulder and the other by the Southwest Research Institute in Texas, support the possible existence of this hydrothermal activity.
In 2005, the Cassini orbiter captured images of geysers shooting out of the moon’s surface, which led to the discovery of an underground sea believed to be approximately 6 miles deep and under about 25 miles of icy crust.
Scientists discovered particles from the geysers in one of Saturn’s rings and using an instrument onboard Cassini were able to analyze the tiny, uniform dust particles. They found they were rich in silica which is common on Earth but different from the usual ice crystals found in Saturn’s E-ring.
Because silica has such well-known properties, the only way they could create similar particles in the lab was using slightly alkaline, low-in-salinity water at temperatures of at least 194 degrees Fahrenheit.
Despite the ultra-cold environment, the moon’s high core temperature is thought to come from an effect called tidal heating where Saturn’s gravitational pull on the moon generates he...

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Researchers from the Cornell University have developed a methane-based, oxygen-free life form that theoretically may exist in the cold and harsh environment of the planet Saturn’s giant moon Titan, defying the idea that water is necessary for life.
Scientists modeled the cell membrane of small organic nitrogen compounds, and it can function in extremely cold liquid methane temperatures: Titan has seas of liquid methane of almost 300 degrees below zero.
The cell is made of carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen molecules: they exist in the Titan seas, but simultaneously demonstrate flexibility and stability of the liposome on Earth, according to a study published in Science Advances journal.
The cell was called \"azotosome\" where “azote” stands for nitrogen in French, while “soma” is “body” in Greek.
http://rt.com/news/236557-titan-saturn-life-methane/...

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Researchers from the Cornell University have developed a methane-based, oxygen-free life form that theoretically may exist in the cold and harsh environment of the planet Saturn’s giant moon Titan, defying the idea that water is necessary for life.
Scientists modeled the cell membrane of small organic nitrogen compounds, and it can function in extremely cold liquid methane temperatures: Titan has seas of liquid methane of almost 300 degrees below zero.
The cell is made of carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen molecules: they exist in the Titan seas, but simultaneously demonstrate flexibility and stability of the liposome on Earth, according to a study published in Science Advances journal.
The cell was called \"azotosome\" where “azote” stands for nitrogen in French, while “soma” is “body” in Greek.
http://rt.com/news/236557-titan-saturn-life-methane/...

Europa Jupiter Moon's Subsurface Ocean of Water [HD]

published:26 Jul 2013

Europa Jupiter Moon's Subsurface Ocean of Water [HD]

Europa Jupiter Moon's Subsurface Ocean of Water [HD]

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Data from a previous NASA planetary mission, Galileo, have provided scientists evidence of what appears to be a body of liquid water just beneath the icy surface of Jupiter\'s moon, Europa. The data suggest that, not only is the volume of this Europan subsurface ocean similar to that of the North American Great Lakes, but also that there is significant exchange between the moon\'s icy shell and the ocean beneath. To See more videos about Europa, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6vzpF_OEV8lvOI94O1Vib_wqzF6jf6bG.
Completed: 16 November 2011
Credit: NASA Headquarters...

Europa Jupiter Moon's Subsurface Ocean of Water [HD]

published:26 Jul 2013

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Data from a previous NASA planetary mission, Galileo, have provided scientists evidence of what appears to be a body of liquid water just beneath the icy surface of Jupiter\'s moon, Europa. The data suggest that, not only is the volume of this Europan subsurface ocean similar to that of the North American Great Lakes, but also that there is significant exchange between the moon\'s icy shell and the ocean beneath. To See more videos about Europa, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6vzpF_OEV8lvOI94O1Vib_wqzF6jf6bG.
Completed: 16 November 2011
Credit: NASA Headquarters...

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In 2004, Cassini, the largest interplanetary spacecraft ever launched by NASA, arrived in orbit around Saturn. Since then, it\'s sent back oodles of information about the planet and some of its attendant moons. Now, thanks to the spacecraft, scientists believe th

Astronomers have detected the first active hydrothermal vents outside of Earth’s seafloor on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, indicating conditions that could be hospitable to the initial development of life.
New research suggests the existence of warm spots on the ocean floor of Saturn’s icy moon En

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Researchers from the Cornell University have developed a methane-based, oxygen-free life form that theoretically may exist in the cold and harsh environment of the planet Saturn’s giant moon Titan, defying the idea that water is necessary for life.
Scientists m

Data from a previous NASA planetary mission, Galileo, have provided scientists evidence of what appears to be a body of liquid water just beneath the icy surface of Jupiter\'s moon, Europa. The data suggest that, not only is the volume of this Europan subsurface ocean similar to that of the North Ame

NASA\'s Cassini spacecraft and Deep Space Network have uncovered evidence Saturn\'s moon Enceladus harbors a large underground ocean of liquid water, furthering scientific interest in the moon as a potential home to extraterrestrial microbes. Researchers theorized the presence of an interior reservoir

March 9, 2011
Dr. Chris McKay (NASA Ames Research Center)
Titan, Saturn\'s largest satellite, is the only moon with a thick atmosphere. In many ways, Titan is a cold twin of the Earth, with liquid methane playing the same role there as water plays on our planet. Life on Earth is based on liquid wate

Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn. It was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel,
In 2005, the Cassini spacecraft started multiple close flybys of Enceladus, revealing its surface and environment in greater detail. In particular, Cassini discovered a water-rich plume venting from Encela

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Titan, the cloudy moon of Saturn, is one of the least hostile places (for humans) in the outer solar system. It has lakes of liquid methane, and even weather.
Titan has no water, but some scientists wonder if life based on methane might live on Titan.
Titan

Strange Alien Creature In Cocoon Spotted in NASA Enceladus Image. Is This An Alien Grey? Or is this a glimpse of a different kind of Alien ? Saturn moon anom...
Everywhere we look on Earth, we find life. Even in the strangest corners of planet. What other places in the Universe might be habitable?

Saturn’s moon Mimas is nicknamed the Death Star moon because of the large crater on the surface that makes it look like the spaceship from the original Star Wars trilogy. A group of astronomers from the United States, Belgium, and France have announced the results of their study that shows the moon

Saturn\'s icy moon Enceladus is looking better and better as a potential abode for alien life.
Chemical reactions that free up energy that could potentially support a biosphere have occurred — and perhaps still are occurring — deep within Enceladus\' salty subsurface ocean, a new study suggests.
Thi

In 2004, Cassini, the largest interplanetary spacecraft ever launched by NASA, arrived in orbit around Saturn. Since then, it\'s sent back oodles of information about the planet and some of its attendant moons. Now, thanks to the spacecraft, scientists believe that Saturn\'s moon Enceladus might have

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NASA is planning to build the first ever robotic submersible to explore the solar system, and hopes to send it to Saturn’s moon Titan.
The lack of liquid water on most celestial bodies means that our exploration of other planets and moons has been on dry land, u

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Moons of Saturn

Artist's concepts of the Saturnian ring–moon system

The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets less than 1 kilometre across, to the enormous Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury. Saturn has 62 moons with confirmed orbits, fifty-three of which have names, and only thirteen of which have diameters larger than 50 kilometres. Saturn has seven moons that are large enough to be ellipsoidal due to having planetary mass, as well as dense rings with complex orbital motions of their own. Particularly notable among Saturn's moons are Titan, the second largest moon in the Solar System, with a nitrogen-rich Earth-like atmosphere and a landscape including hydrocarbon lakes and dry river networks, and Enceladus, which emits jets of gas and dust and may harbor liquid water under its south pole region.

Twenty-four of Saturn's moons are regular satellites; they have prograde orbits not greatly inclined to Saturn's equatorial plane. They include the seven major satellites, four small moons which exist in a Trojan orbit with larger moons, two mutually co-orbital moons and two moons which act as shepherds of Saturn's F Ring. Two other known regular satellites orbit within gaps in Saturn's rings. The relatively large Hyperion is locked in a resonance with Titan. The remaining regular moons orbit near the outer edge of the A Ring, within G Ring and between the major moons Mimas and Enceladus. The regular satellites are traditionally named after Titans and Titanesses or other figures associated with the mythological Saturn.